Function: noun suffix
Etymology: French, from glucose
1 : carbohydrate <amyl ose > especially : sugar <pent ose >
2 : primary hydrolysis product <prote ose >
Function: noun suffix
Etymology: French, from glucose
1 : carbohydrate <amyl ose > especially : sugar <pent ose >
2 : primary hydrolysis product <prote ose >
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012